The expansion of the EU’s direct involvement in security affairs in recent years leads to expect EU future endeavours to act across the range of the Petersberg tasks. Any related concept of the EU as a global actor should heed the basic EU characteristics in order to provide the most relevant package of concepts and capabilities to every particular case.
The 2008 implementation review of the European Security Strategy (2003) stressed that the Union now disposed of an unmatched repertory of instruments and activities to foster human security and address underlying causes of insecurity and conflict. Based on this, the EU should contribute to renewing multilateralism at the global level.
Instruments of EU global roles may include increased justice and law enforcement capabilities; increased EU intelligence and early warning capabilities; financial instruments for influencing economic developments on a global scale; good governance and institution building, including in security sectors; or civil society-related and cultural instruments, including media, social networks, etc.
The expansion of the EU’s direct involvement in security affairs in recent years leads to expect EU future endeavours to act across the range of the Petersberg tasks. Any related concept of the EU as a global actor should heed the basic EU characteristics in order to provide the most relevant package of concepts and capabilities to every particular case.
The 2008 implementation review of the European Security Strategy (2003) stressed that the Union now disposed of an unmatched repertory of instruments and activities to foster human security and address underlying causes of insecurity and conflict. Based on this, the EU should contribute to renewing multilateralism at the global level.
Instruments of EU global roles may include increased justice and law enforcement capabilities; increased EU intelligence and early warning capabilities; financial instruments for influencing economic developments on a global scale; good governance and institution building, including in security sectors; or civil society-related and cultural instruments, including media, social networks, etc.